Lucem Ferre

You guys are making the assumption that most people getting assistance are people that need it. When a lot of us have witnessed plenty of people that do take advantage of it because they are too lazy to get a job.

My father collected government assistance while doing side jobs that he never paid taxes on.

My sister collected government assistance even though her husband who was fully capable of getting a job never looked for a job. Even used my name which I saw nothing of even though I was literally starving at the time.

My friends mom has collected government assistance her whole entire life and has never worked or even looked for a job. She did go to college though. Payed for by the government as well.

I have another friend who collected government assistance with out ever looking for a job. He sold drugs instead. Oh, and his mom would send him a couple thousand dollars and he'd money slap people with it.

The only other person I know that gets government assistance is my friend who has an extreme case of narcolepsy that prevents him from working and they only give him assistance if he's taking college classes.

The only case I can make for the people that don't need is most of the time they have kids and I don't think the children should starve because of a lazy parent.

So according to my personal experience the statistics show that there are extreme flaws in how we do government assistance. I know that's not reliable, but I highly doubt anybody has the real numbers because any collected data is not going to factor in the amount of people that are getting away lying and cheating the system or receiving it even though they don't need it. It can't.

That is why there is a stigma. Too many people personally know somebody that sits on there ass and collects welfare that doesn't need it while they work their ass off just to make the same amount. Don't ignore this or dismiss is it. Put your arrogance away and think about it.

Edit: The most messed up thing is my dad received assistance because they were under the impression that he couldn't work because of his back while he was doing labor jobs that completely contradicts that. My brothers wife who has severe cerebral palsy to the point where she can hardly walk can't receive any government assistance because she's proven she can work by holding down a call center job for 7 years.

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